{"thread":{"id":"12219","subject":"Merge git repositories","startedAt":"2008-02-20T16:59:01Z","lastAt":"2008-02-21T13:58:23Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["H.Merijn Brand","Jerome Lovy"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"69382","messageId":"20080220175901.71e7acc2@pc09.procura.nl","threadId":"12219","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Merge git repositories","fromName":"H.Merijn Brand","fromEmail":"h.m.brand@xs4all.nl","sentAt":"2008-02-20T16:59:01Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-20T16:59:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"h.m.brand@xs4all.nl","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/5b8f83ee35c427a646cbea3b104346e00ab3663b99bbf435cddeb75cd4b3857b?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"I have a whole bunch of git repositories that are conversions from SCCS.\nSCCS is a VCS that only deals with a single directory, and cannot cope\nwith directory hierarchies.\n\nAt first the move was received very positive, but now that people see\nthe strengths of a `real' VCS, it would be way more logical to combine\nall the git repos that make up a single project into a single large repo\nthat includes all directories\n\nSCCS\n\n      .../top  /SCCS\n               /foo    /SCCS\n               /bar    /SCCS\n                       /baz   /SCCS\n\n=>\ngit\n\n      .../top  /.git\n               /foo    /.git\n               /bar    /.git\n                       /baz   /.git\n\n=> ?\n\ngit\n\n      .../top  /.git\n               /foo\n               /bar    /baz\n\nis it possible to merge git repos from sub-folders into the current repo?\n\n\n-- \nH.Merijn Brand         Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/)\nusing & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x  on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11,\n& 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin.       http://qa.perl.org\nhttp://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/            http://www.test-smoke.org\n                        http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/\n"},{"id":"69472","messageId":"47BD7DEC.7040708@brefemail.com","threadId":"12219","inReplyTo":"20080220175901.71e7acc2@pc09.procura.nl","subject":"Re: Merge git repositories","fromName":"Jerome Lovy","fromEmail":"t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com","sentAt":"2008-02-21T13:34:36Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-21T13:34:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\n\nOn 02/20/2008 05:59 PM, H.Merijn Brand wrote:\n> I have a whole bunch of git repositories that are conversions from SCCS.\n> SCCS is a VCS that only deals with a single directory, and cannot cope\n> with directory hierarchies.\n[SNIP]\n\n> is it possible to merge git repos from sub-folders into the current repo?\n\nDoesn't maybe the subtree merge strategy help ?\nSee \nhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/using-merge-subtree.html\n\nMy 2 cents\nJérôme\n"},{"id":"69473","messageId":"20080221145823.019b8b7e@pc09.procura.nl","threadId":"12219","inReplyTo":"47BD7DEC.7040708@brefemail.com","subject":"Re: Merge git repositories","fromName":"H.Merijn Brand","fromEmail":"h.m.brand@xs4all.nl","sentAt":"2008-02-21T13:58:23Z","receivedAt":"2008-02-21T13:58:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"h.m.brand@xs4all.nl","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/5b8f83ee35c427a646cbea3b104346e00ab3663b99bbf435cddeb75cd4b3857b?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:34:36 +0100, Jerome Lovy\n<t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com> wrote:\n\n> Hello,\n> \n> On 02/20/2008 05:59 PM, H.Merijn Brand wrote:\n> > I have a whole bunch of git repositories that are conversions from SCCS.\n> > SCCS is a VCS that only deals with a single directory, and cannot cope\n> > with directory hierarchies.\n> [SNIP]\n> \n> > is it possible to merge git repos from sub-folders into the current repo?\n> \n> Doesn't maybe the subtree merge strategy help ?\n> See \n> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/using-merge-subtree.html\n\nDoes seem to fit the need.\n\n> My 2 cents\n\nProbably worth much more! Thanks.\n\n> Jérôme\n\n-- \nH.Merijn Brand         Amsterdam Perl Mongers (http://amsterdam.pm.org/)\nusing & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x  on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11,\n& 11.23, SuSE 10.1 & 10.2, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin.       http://qa.perl.org\nhttp://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/            http://www.test-smoke.org\n                        http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/\n"}]}